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A Star Is Born (1976)

Directed by Frank Pierson · Cinematography by Robert Surtees

R139 min65 frames

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A Star Is Born — official trailer

What is A Star Is Born about?

Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer Esther Hoffman after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a few songs at one of his shows and she becomes the talk of the music industry. Esther's star begins to rise, while John's continues to fall. She tries desperately to get John to sober up and focus on his music, but it may be too late to save him.

Where can you watch A Star Is Born?

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What does the cinematography of A Star Is Born look like?

Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of A Star Is Born leans on medium shots (42% of the sample) and wide compositions (30%). Cinematographer Robert Surtees keeps 48% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 52% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 63% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1970s.

What is the color palette of A Star Is Born?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of A Star Is Born (1976) are #100d0d, #312a29, #473731, #574f48, #d2d1cc, #2b1313 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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